Investigation of the relationship between social media addiction, resilience, and self-esteem in adults

Studies show that people with low resilience and self-esteem are more likely to use social media. With this research, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between social media addiction, resilience and self-esteem in adults, and to examine the predictive power of resilience and self-esteem in addition to demographic variables. 547 (256 women, 291 men) people aged 18-60 years were voluntarily included in the study. Resilience Scale for Adults was used to measure Resilience, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used for self-esteem, and Social Media Addiction Scale was used to determine the level of social media addiction. The data were analyzed using the SPSS-25 program. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, kurtosis and skewness coefficients, Q-Q graph, box-graph and histogram were used to test the normality of the study data. Accordingly, Student's t-test and analysis of variance were used in the analysis of the variables found to be normally distributed. Pearson Correlation Analysis was used to examine the relationships between the variables. When demographic variables were controlled, Hierarchical Regression Analysis was used to examine the predictive power of resilience and self-esteem on social media addiction. According to the results of the study, low resilience and low self-esteem are associated with higher rates of social media addiction. Even when demographic variables were controlled, it was revealed that structural style, family cohesion, self-perception, social competence and self-esteem significantly explained 9.2 % of the differences in the virtual tolerance level of individuals. Keywords: social media addiction, resilience, self-esteem